On 2007-03-21 09:37, Neggy wrote:
Spacepest is right! PvP is for the hormonally charged, over aggressive teenager who's too scared to vent his frustrations in the real world, so he turns to online games to do, what he thinks, validates his masculinity.
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On 2007-03-21 09:33, Shoutout33 wrote:
Thanks for the replies!
Yeah, I figured that'd be tough. Well, what about online RPG's or MMPORG's that, if you will, act like action RPG's? For example, Final Fantasy for the PC, how does it play?
Oh God, you mean FFXI? Don't even bother. The game is designed to be a time sink to keep you playing longer than you want. If you get a party, you can't leave, because if you do, you'll screw over the five other people. If you're doing a quest or mission, you can't leave, because getting to the locations takes upward of two hours, and if you stop in the middle of it, you screw over your party, and are stranded in the middle of nowhere. The game is ran my the moon phase. If you're crafting on an ideal moon phase, you won't want to log off, because if you do, you'll have to strat crafting on a crappy moon phase and get worse results. If you're farming, or fishing on a good moon phase, the same applies. Not to mention if you want to craft, the crafting "guilds" are in different cities, so if you're in the wrong city, get ready to spend twenty minutes going to the next one. Same for farming, and fishing. Some of the best farming and fishing spots are in remote areas, so if you want to farm or fish, get ready for another twenty minute trek. And if you get bored while you're on location, farming, crafting, or fishing, you're going to want to head back to your hometown, or the main town so you can get a "quick start" when you log on again. So if you get forget a warp item, or you too low level to use a warp item, there's another twenty+ minute trek back home.
Avoid FFXI. It's designed to be a time sink, to keep you coming back, so they can get their $13 a month out of you. PSU is way more exciting. Boot it up whenever, start doing something immediately, and stop whenever you want.
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